Word: round
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week in Paris for the annual ministerial meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Shintaro Abe, the Japanese Foreign Minister, admitted beforehand that his country wanted to avoid being made a "scapegoat" at the Paris session. As expected, the U.S. pressed at the meeting for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations. The ministers agreed that those talks should start "as soon as possible." A firm date, probably in 1986, may be set when the leaders of Japan and the major Western industrial nations gather next month in Bonn for their annual economic summit. The West Europeans...
...want to go to Europe? First class? Economy? Standby? Leave Friday? Return Sunday? Less than three weeks? Round trip to and from the same city? Stopovers? Do you want a hotel as part of the deal...
...negotiations involved in long-distance trips can be of a delicacy worthy of a Geneva disarmament conference. A round-the-world trip from Miami, for example, theoretically costs $2,099, but a ticket for the same route can be bought in London for (pounds)998 ($1,254). "The trick," says Serge d'Adesky of Getaway Travel in Coral Gables, Fla., "is to maximize the effect of the strong dollar by purchasing a London-originated round-the-world fare and buying a Miami-London ticket on a carrier like People Express for $258. You will then have a saving of more...
Even with 64 first-round teams, college basketball declared a champion on April 1. The college hoop season started while football was still in full swing, but you don't see college football starting up, do you? No, because it's baseball season...
Dickerman retired the Jumbos in order over the first two frames, while Harvard jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second on freshman Sharon Haves' second round-tripper of the year...